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he was very angry at the obama administration, president obama, first saying that we would not do anything extreme like scrambled fighter jets to take on the plane of its 29- year-old hacker, only to essentially to the equivalent of that, which is getting the u.s. allies to block the plan that he thought he was on over their air space and forcing it to land in a completely different country. the main point that he made, the critical one, is that the u.s. government for years edward snowden, just like bradley manning. from the manning already did his leaks, mr. snowden as ensure that the documents he took will be revealed. they are not afraid of them. they are afraid of two things. they are afraid that future whistle-blowers will be inspired and that the american people become informed that the -- what the government is doing and they'd go against them. they want to make sure that the american people, the real enemy, do not learn what it is they ought to know about what their government is doing in the dark. that was the point that he made in his statement. >> what about edward snowden's ch
he was very angry at the obama administration, president obama, first saying that we would not do anything extreme like scrambled fighter jets to take on the plane of its 29- year-old hacker, only to essentially to the equivalent of that, which is getting the u.s. allies to block the plan that he thought he was on over their air space and forcing it to land in a completely different country. the main point that he made, the critical one, is that the u.s. government for years edward snowden,...
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circuit judge james robertson said -- the obama administration is proceeding with military aid to egypt one week after the ouster president mohammed morsi. reuters reports the u.s. will send four f-16 fighter jets to egypt as part of an annual aid package. eight more are due later in the year. at the white house, press secretary jay carney said the u.s. is still evaluating whether to brand morsi's removal as a coup, which would require the suspension of military aid. >> we are evaluating how the authorities are responding to and handling the current situation. we will take our time and the time necessary to make the determinations regarding what happened last week and the change of leadership, the removal of president morsi from power. >> egypt's muslim brotherhood has called on supporters to hold a major rally friday. prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for top motherhood leaders on charges of inciting violence. egypt's interim government says it still hopes to include muslim brotherhood officials in the country's new cabinet. al jazeera is reporting u.s. government helped fund mor
circuit judge james robertson said -- the obama administration is proceeding with military aid to egypt one week after the ouster president mohammed morsi. reuters reports the u.s. will send four f-16 fighter jets to egypt as part of an annual aid package. eight more are due later in the year. at the white house, press secretary jay carney said the u.s. is still evaluating whether to brand morsi's removal as a coup, which would require the suspension of military aid. >> we are evaluating...
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that's why so it's the american government it's the obama administration that sees this man as a spy these human rights activists are are going to support him and they're going to fight for him to the end of whether that means getting political will fly them in russia others certainly going to do their best to make sure he stays safe and that he's not handed over to the united states sure and she said thank you very much we'll be back of course and we'll chat to you more but right now our. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has reportedly promised to stop releasing leaks that haul washington in return for asylum here in russia that was the condition that from from to be former cia contract so to was drawn his previous application for russian asylum and he gathered thirteen human rights activists and lawyers a big transit zone of sheremetyevo airport and asked them to help him get refuge in russia apparently it snowed and said he was asking because it was proving impossible to fly to latin america venezuela bolivia and nicaragua have all offered him asylum just to remind you snowden
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administration do. they allowed him to hold a news conference, what can they do bit? >> and president obama called putin on friday and had a number of conversation on a couple of things, including the oh, oh limb picks. i have no sympathy for snowden and a knew poll shows a lot of americans do. i don't know you how he can claim he needs asylum. that is the to escape for persecution. i don't think he being persecuted here. i think the rushes shaps should return him and fairly tried in our courts. >> chris: how should we get him here? >> i don't know what happened in the phone call but i hope he got tough. i don't think they >> i don't know what happened in that phone call, i hope we got pretty tough. i don't think they should be harboring this guy, no other country should give him asylum. he has been charged, hasn't been convicted. my personal view is what he didn was pretty darn serious, and we don't know the extent of the damage yet, it violates our laws, he has been charged and h needs to be convicted
administration do. they allowed him to hold a news conference, what can they do bit? >> and president obama called putin on friday and had a number of conversation on a couple of things, including the oh, oh limb picks. i have no sympathy for snowden and a knew poll shows a lot of americans do. i don't know you how he can claim he needs asylum. that is the to escape for persecution. i don't think he being persecuted here. i think the rushes shaps should return him and fairly tried in our...
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administration do. they allowed him to hold a news conference, what can they do bit? >> and president obama called putin on friday and had a number of conversation on a couple of things, including the oh, oh limb picks. i have no sympathy for snowden and a knew poll shows a lot of americans do. i don't know you how he can claim he needs asylum. that is the to escape for persecution. i don't think he being persecuted here. i think the rushes shaps should return him and fairly tried in our courts. >> chris: how should we get him here? >> i don't know what happened in the phone call but i hope he got tough. i don't think they should be harboring this guy and they shouldn't give him asylum if they wanted reasonable relationships going forward. my personal view it's pretty do darn serious. it violates our laws and he needs to be convicted of those charges. >> chris: carl, you had to deal with vladimir putin in the white house. what can we do? >> we have a lot of leverage, are we going to use it? they like we
administration do. they allowed him to hold a news conference, what can they do bit? >> and president obama called putin on friday and had a number of conversation on a couple of things, including the oh, oh limb picks. i have no sympathy for snowden and a knew poll shows a lot of americans do. i don't know you how he can claim he needs asylum. that is the to escape for persecution. i don't think he being persecuted here. i think the rushes shaps should return him and fairly tried in our...
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administration to suspend the force-feeding of hunger strikers at guantanamo. the u.s. military says it plans to acknowledge from it on on by only force-feeding the prisoners at night. in a legal filing, attorneys for for prisoners with the human rights charity urge the u.s. government to agree to a court back to create ensuring the protection of the prisoners religious rights. in a video released by reprieve, the hip-hop artist and actor formerly known as most def voluntarily undergoes a force- feeding similar to those at guantÁnamo. hea disturbing sequence, screams for help before the force-feeding estopped. >> please, stop, stop! stop, stop it! stop! please, stop, i cannot do it. >> at least 40 of guantanamo's estimated one hundred 20 hunger strikers are being force fed. wisconsin has become the latest state to impose new restrictions on the right to abortion. on friday, scott walker riley signed a measure that would require women to undergo an ultrasound and here aspects of the fetus describe before obtaining an abortion. the bill would force abortion doct
administration to suspend the force-feeding of hunger strikers at guantanamo. the u.s. military says it plans to acknowledge from it on on by only force-feeding the prisoners at night. in a legal filing, attorneys for for prisoners with the human rights charity urge the u.s. government to agree to a court back to create ensuring the protection of the prisoners religious rights. in a video released by reprieve, the hip-hop artist and actor formerly known as most def voluntarily undergoes a...
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has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trusting what the ministration is up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official lie about the nation's pervasive surveillance program and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust congress and don't trust. federal judges to make sure that we're abiding by the constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems are. welcome to your problem mr president marina our team new york. and referring to those claims that assad had used chemical weapons in syria this week russia slammed the u.s. and its allies for what it called quote producing maximum allegations with minimum credibility but mostly revealed it had conducted its own investigation into the incident and discovered that the syrian opposition was in
has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trusting what the ministration is up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official lie about the nation's pervasive surveillance program and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't trust not...
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don't know how that conversation went but the obama administration's latest statements can give us an idea the state department has earlier reiterated washington's disappointment over snowden's meeting with human rights activists suggesting that somehow russian authorities could have been should have barred edward snowden from speaking take a listen we are disappointed that russian officials and agencies facilitated this meeting today by allowing these activists and representatives into the moscow airports transit zone to meet with mr snowden despite the government's declarations of russian's neutrality with respect to mr snowden sorry you're disappointed that they let someone into their own airport i don't know that well that they facilitated this event of course why because this gave a forum going to be should have before as he flees forfeited his right to freedom of speech is well met miss mr snowden as we've talked about let me just say this because i think it's important he's not a whistleblower he's not human rights activists he's wanted on a series of serious criminal charges b
don't know how that conversation went but the obama administration's latest statements can give us an idea the state department has earlier reiterated washington's disappointment over snowden's meeting with human rights activists suggesting that somehow russian authorities could have been should have barred edward snowden from speaking take a listen we are disappointed that russian officials and agencies facilitated this meeting today by allowing these activists and representatives into the...
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administration either wants to murder torture or imprison him to stop the truth getting out about what is. people but surely there is in arguably against the fourth amendment of u.s. constitution. and now as promised we have a chance to talk to one of the people who was at the maze saying waves edward snowden on a totally could share in a low and bundle of russian civic china but this ticket sure enough thank you very much indeed for joining us here at the time trashing did edward snowden gave you at the meeting did he seem desperate or hopeful. or you have to. he looks the other way and i think. and there he is full of hope sort of the saying that the situation will be resolved and full of energy. he said the decision on asylum can be expected within two or three weeks one decision do you think it will be negative positive. to go to the more you post the fifty years speaking of my own i believe that definitely mr snowden those schools which will deserves to be given asylum in russia. and. it was important for me at this meeting to understand mrs snowden was mooted in becoming a whistl
administration either wants to murder torture or imprison him to stop the truth getting out about what is. people but surely there is in arguably against the fourth amendment of u.s. constitution. and now as promised we have a chance to talk to one of the people who was at the maze saying waves edward snowden on a totally could share in a low and bundle of russian civic china but this ticket sure enough thank you very much indeed for joining us here at the time trashing did edward snowden gave...
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scandals erupt in the obama administration. the irs under fire. another irs official takes t fih. one congrsman joins us to analyze the fireworks. today's house oversight committe ♪ lou: my next guest was in the house oversight committee hearing today and says the irs is now an institution that in his judent is terminally ill. joining us now, member of the house oversight in judiciary committee. good to have you with us, congressman. >> thank you for having me. lou: i have to say, when he looked at congressman duckworth, i mean, one of the most infuriating images i have seen a ng time. how could you stand it? >> this is a guy who injured his foot when he was i military prep school. never served active duty at all. yet 27 years later he claims a service connected disability to be able to get preferential treatment and to qualify for programs. obviously a fleecing of the taxpayers and an abuse of his service disability. after tell you, i am a former prosecutor, and i see more people with the irs take the fifth than i did when i was prosecuting cases. this is the second person in a
scandals erupt in the obama administration. the irs under fire. another irs official takes t fih. one congrsman joins us to analyze the fireworks. today's house oversight committe ♪ lou: my next guest was in the house oversight committee hearing today and says the irs is now an institution that in his judent is terminally ill. joining us now, member of the house oversight in judiciary committee. good to have you with us, congressman. >> thank you for having me. lou: i have to say, when...
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administration has done so many times to people standing up and believing that what is going on is wrong otherwise we have no recourse to turn our government around. it's good to have you with us or not see today israel was behind the recent explosions at the key syrian port of the takia this according to statements made by three anonymous u.s. officials and a pre-dawn blasts allegedly targeted a russian made and the ship missile battery which syria did history receive i should say two years ago a middle east correspondent paula slip has details on this. american officials speaking anonymously have revealed that explosions reported at a key syrian port some nine days ago would likely the result of an israeli air strike now the allegations referred to dawn explosions in the city of latakia and they allegedly targeted russian made. missiles not only a court missile betty was supplied by russia to the syrian armed forces back in two thousand and eleven a permanent russian naval base in the city of type two us which is about eighty kilometers from the turkey or what we're hearing from the sy
administration has done so many times to people standing up and believing that what is going on is wrong otherwise we have no recourse to turn our government around. it's good to have you with us or not see today israel was behind the recent explosions at the key syrian port of the takia this according to statements made by three anonymous u.s. officials and a pre-dawn blasts allegedly targeted a russian made and the ship missile battery which syria did history receive i should say two years...
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administration has done so many times to people standing up and believing what is going on is wrong otherwise we have no recourse to turn our government around. while you can from all reactions would snowden's avalanche of leaks website that we give you a timeline documenting the events as well as the impact of his revelation. let's focus in on egypt for a bit shall we the u.s. has decided to go ahead with the delivery of four fighter jets to egypt despite president obama's order to review military aid to cairo now this comes at a time of deep divisions in the country where emotions are running high after the overthrow of president mohamed morsi last week but let's take a closer look shall we at america's role in the country back in twenty eleven when hosni mubarak was still in office see egypt receive one point three billion dollars worth of military aid plus a much smaller two hundred fifty million dollars economic support package to buy it was an ousted in two thousand and twelve morsi became the new president his muslim brotherhood movement had the approval of the u.s. governmen
administration has done so many times to people standing up and believing what is going on is wrong otherwise we have no recourse to turn our government around. while you can from all reactions would snowden's avalanche of leaks website that we give you a timeline documenting the events as well as the impact of his revelation. let's focus in on egypt for a bit shall we the u.s. has decided to go ahead with the delivery of four fighter jets to egypt despite president obama's order to review...
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administration may see him as a traitor but according to the most recent polls fifty five percent of americans view snowden as a whistle blower and only thirty four percent consider him a traitor nonetheless the obama administration tries whistleblowers as spies snowden is wanted on espionage charges whistleblowers in the u.s. potentially risk the death penalty the u.s. has gone a long way from the days of daniel ellsberg and his pentagon papers but it's interesting how the public opinion in the u.s. just said going to actually evolved just in the last three years through three years ago twenty five twenty five percent i'm not sure if you can still hear me bill can you still hear me going to your screen i'm sorry. yes we can thank you thank you well three years ago twenty five percent of the public said the government's anti-terrorism policies have gone too far in restricting the average person civil liberties now it's forty five percent so it went from twenty five percent three years ago to forty five percent that's a significant shift in public opinion and one can argue that people
administration may see him as a traitor but according to the most recent polls fifty five percent of americans view snowden as a whistle blower and only thirty four percent consider him a traitor nonetheless the obama administration tries whistleblowers as spies snowden is wanted on espionage charges whistleblowers in the u.s. potentially risk the death penalty the u.s. has gone a long way from the days of daniel ellsberg and his pentagon papers but it's interesting how the public opinion in...
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the obama administration today urging russia to expel edward snowden, returning to this country to face espionage charges. ou next guest says the russian prime minister is essentially coming his nose at us. joining us now, former pentagon official, fox business a security analyst, former ambassador to the united nations. fox news contribor. let me for start with y. i mean, it looks like he is having a lot of fun right now with president oma. >> si is thumbing his nosehe president obama. the same time he is taking that super bowl ring from the new england patriots. you know, it is actually quite tragic because it is not to the point where the president of the united states carries no credibility. and china and russia are making fun of him today and thumbing their noses at him, tomorrow it is venezuela and the next day it is other countries. once this starts weather countries and other leaders have no respe for the president of the united states it is a cascading effect. lou: jay carney, white house press spokesm said that the may a deliberate decision, a deliberate decision to let him le
the obama administration today urging russia to expel edward snowden, returning to this country to face espionage charges. ou next guest says the russian prime minister is essentially coming his nose at us. joining us now, former pentagon official, fox business a security analyst, former ambassador to the united nations. fox news contribor. let me for start with y. i mean, it looks like he is having a lot of fun right now with president oma. >> si is thumbing his nosehe president obama....
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administration has done so many times to people standing up and believing that what is going on is wrong otherwise we have no recourse to turn our government around. now the insider threat program that is president obama's initiative that mandates federal employees to start spying on each other is coming under increasing scrutiny now the program itself which has offered that millions of government workers must watch their colleagues for whistleblower tendencies and report any suspicions to their superiors but as our washington correspondent guy nature can reports the government's own experts have grave doubts we learned that not only does the u.s. government spy on everybody selling twenty communications but it also urges government employees to snitch on each other in fact there is a program in place it's called the inside just like program which is designed to reveal potential whistleblowers before they blow the whistle under this insider threat program unions of federal workers and contractors are instructed to recognize quote indicators of insider threat behavior among their colleagu
administration has done so many times to people standing up and believing that what is going on is wrong otherwise we have no recourse to turn our government around. now the insider threat program that is president obama's initiative that mandates federal employees to start spying on each other is coming under increasing scrutiny now the program itself which has offered that millions of government workers must watch their colleagues for whistleblower tendencies and report any suspicions to...
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the obama administration,on, advised governments against allowing snowden to land on their territory. >> we are clear we would like to see him return, if he was granted asylum that would impact our bilateral relationship. >> reporter: his is one of several country that has offered asylum to the snowden.own. >> the united states does not do govern us. we are a free country andcountr sovereign and no one governsgo ups. >> reporter: the brazilian government has begun an investigation of its own.ow officials are there checking whether telecommunication firmsi operating inside of the firmsrms cooperating with the u.s. spying program. in new york ainsleyer tha ainsla live in new york. >>> the military released videod says that the gunmen fired on soldiers. prosecute testers are angry at last week -- protesters are angry at last week's coup that removed morsi. and some are saying that the we should cut off aid, but the th government says that that is not the best into the united states. >>> caribbean island bracing more rain as tropical storm chantal is headed their way. >>> later d.c. counc
the obama administration,on, advised governments against allowing snowden to land on their territory. >> we are clear we would like to see him return, if he was granted asylum that would impact our bilateral relationship. >> reporter: his is one of several country that has offered asylum to the snowden.own. >> the united states does not do govern us. we are a free country andcountr sovereign and no one governsgo ups. >> reporter: the brazilian government has begun an...
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obama to head the fbi. on tuesday, he told an fbi judiciary committee that he now sees waterboarding as a form of torture, a shift from 2005 when he signed off on a memo justifying its use. he also gave his backing to president obama's to round program, saying it is under sufficient oversight. he is well known for reauthorizing the president spy program while forcing the bush administration to make changes. we will have more on his confirmation hearings later in the broadcast. a group of same-sex couples have filed suit challenging pennsylvania same-sex marriage ban, the first case over seat -- seeking to overturn a gay marriage ban since last month's right.n to defend that in julia lubork spoke from the pennsylvania capitol in harrisburg. >> there is public sentiment here that is rolling ever forward toward freedom to marry. >> it is a tragedy that talented, loving, productive citizens have to leave the state because their marriage is not recognized. >> the aclu plans to file similar cases in virginia and
obama to head the fbi. on tuesday, he told an fbi judiciary committee that he now sees waterboarding as a form of torture, a shift from 2005 when he signed off on a memo justifying its use. he also gave his backing to president obama's to round program, saying it is under sufficient oversight. he is well known for reauthorizing the president spy program while forcing the bush administration to make changes. we will have more on his confirmation hearings later in the broadcast. a group of...
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administration tries whistle blowers as spies snowden is wanted on espionage charges and whistleblowers in the u.s. potentially risk the death penalty the u.s. has certainly gone a long way from the days of daniel ellsberg and his pentagon papers but it's interesting how the public opinion evolved just in the last three years three years ago twenty five percent of the public said the government anti-terrorism policies have gone too far in restricting the average person civil liberties now it's forty five percent so you see a jump from twenty five percent to forty five percent just within the last three years and that's a significant shift in public opinion one can argue that people would not oppose something they heard nothing about so with knowledge comes opposition perhaps not surprisingly the u.s. government is going to great lengths so that the public knows as little as possible about these programs. going to thanks very much indeed for that it's going to come live in washington well full moral washington's next steps i'm not joined live by political cartoonist ted roll. of. the or
administration tries whistle blowers as spies snowden is wanted on espionage charges and whistleblowers in the u.s. potentially risk the death penalty the u.s. has certainly gone a long way from the days of daniel ellsberg and his pentagon papers but it's interesting how the public opinion evolved just in the last three years three years ago twenty five percent of the public said the government anti-terrorism policies have gone too far in restricting the average person civil liberties now it's...
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>> let me take it out of the context of president obama and his administration and generalize my answer because it is what i believe. remember the old saying, absolute power corrupts absolutely? to me, the question raised by the nsa and irs is, how is it we should hold these vast, complex, opaque institutions accountable. how is it that effective oversight is possible? how can we possibly know that if a few people with vast power, whether it is the federal reserve chairman or the head of the nsa, how can we know they are always competent, well meaning? the point is i think we need a fundamental re-examination, i would hope on a bipartisan basis, prompted by these events at nsa and irs. we need a fundamental re- examination of how we conduct effective oversight. how do we hold these institutions accountable? thatps in the course of fundamental re-examination we will conclude sometimes there is too much power invested in too few people and sometimes bureaucracies have become so large that they are unmanageable and we need to do something different. those are the profound questions i hope
>> let me take it out of the context of president obama and his administration and generalize my answer because it is what i believe. remember the old saying, absolute power corrupts absolutely? to me, the question raised by the nsa and irs is, how is it we should hold these vast, complex, opaque institutions accountable. how is it that effective oversight is possible? how can we possibly know that if a few people with vast power, whether it is the federal reserve chairman or the head of...